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Income elasticity of inferior goods

Negative income elasticities of demand entail those goods are: (1) luxuries. (2) necessities. (3) inferior. (4) substitutes. (5) expensive.

Can anybody suggest me the proper explanation for given problem regarding Economics generally?

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